Secret

You'd think that clinic consultation is private matter, because we assume that no one is overhearing the conversation between doctor and patient in a consultation room. Think again.

Not long ago, I read an inspirational article about privacy in Time magazine. Though the article mentions how children of a certain age think closing their eyes will make them invisible, it remains uncertain whether grown-ups are any smarter. Or perhaps there's not much difference. We've been all fooled by the illusion of privacy.

The illusion of privacy, I was told, dates back to the Hebrew Bible. Unbeknownst to Bathsheda, King David was pacing on rooftop when she stripped for a bath. Fast forward to the era of WikiLeaks (think Edward Snowden) and Internet service provider like Google (think pop-up ad that matches exactly your recent searches in the blink of an eye), and we don't have to be reminded that it's getting more and more difficult to keep our secrets. Nearly everything is being watched in this new age of data. Everyone is not immune to being watched - everyone, that is, including doctor. It's stubborn to get too furious about being audio taped by a patient. Stubborn, that is, unless you are as naive as a child who thinks that you can keep everything under the cloak.